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| EP4506173 - LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 12.12.2025 Database last updated on 18.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.09.2025 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 10.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.12.2025 | (Expected) grant | published on 14.01.2026 [2026/03] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP | [2025/07] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KIKUCHI, Teppei Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP | 02 /
YAMASHITA, Hiroyuki Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP | [2025/07] | Representative(s) | J A Kemp LLP 80 Turnmill Street London EC1M 5QU / GB | [2025/07] | Application number, filing date | 24187613.5 | 10.07.2024 | [2025/07] | Priority number, date | JP20230130096 | 09.08.2023 Original published format: JP 2023130096 | [2025/07] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4506173 | Date: | 12.02.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/07] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4506173 | Date: | 14.01.2026 | Language: | EN | [2026/03] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.12.2024 | Classification | IPC: | B41J2/165 | [2025/07] | CPC: |
B41J2/16508 (EP);
B41J2/16505 (EP);
B41J2/16511 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2025/07] | Title | German: | FLÜSSIGKEITSAUSSTOSSVORRICHTUNG | [2025/07] | English: | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | [2025/07] | French: | APPAREIL D'ÉVACUATION DE LIQUIDE | [2025/07] | Examination procedure | 10.07.2024 | Examination requested [2025/07] | 22.01.2025 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 22.01.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 05.09.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.12.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 01.12.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.12.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) |
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